scornfully
/skawrn-fuh-lee/US // ˈskɔrn fə li //
轻蔑地,不屑一顾地,轻蔑地说,轻蔑地对待
Definitions
adv.副词 adverb
- 1
- : with derision or contempt:As the others came up out of breath behind her, she said to them scornfully, "Neither of you knows how to run."
Examples
The real-life superheroes mostly hand out food to homeless people, he reports scornfully.
I should worry if Burd has a dozen maiden aunts,” observed Amy scornfully, “and they all knitted him red wristlets!
Montague scornfully thanked them for the inestimable service which they had done him.
And above all, if Isabel Otis should be permitted any sort of contact with the Club she has scornfully refused to join.
Mrs Everett drew herself up in with an effect of injured dignity and looked scornfully at Gibbs.
"Let the women and papooses sit in the sun at the door of the Peace Wigwam," they said scornfully.
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